I don't ever remember anyone thinking Borchard or Caruso or Snopek were "can't miss" guys. Borchard was notable because he got that huge signing bonus, but I can't think of one Sox fan ever expressing a sentiment like, "Wait until Joe Borchard gets here!"

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Of course a Cub prospect is gonna seem superhyped. The Newspaper in town owned the team and ESPN is all over the Cubs dick.

I got a little lost in this thread. When did you start making the case that the Cubs fans do in fact discuss prospects with much more hope and projection than other fanbases?

So in a few years I can state that I don't remember anyone calling any of the Cubs guys can't miss prospects and that makes it all disappear. That's good to know.

They didn't lose four straight.

Did you miss the word seem in that post.

Its the 8th word

Actually, the board is a good record. Why don't you show me some old posts here hyping Sox prospects?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

]How can something "seem" hyped? Hype either exists or it doesn't.

Well if you watch ESPN exclusively, youre gonna hear a lot more about the Cubs than the White Sox.

Thats not Cub fan hype. Thats media hype. The excessive media hype (ESPN, Tribune) saturates you with Corey Patterson stories and you end up saying

Dese fuckin Cub fans think this guy is Jesus ChristWhen really their beef should be with Van Peezy and his boys at the network

So go ahead Sox fans...tell us what Viciedo is going to do. You act like you have all the answers.

When the Cubs fans watch that, they then start to buy into it and as pointed out, overhype the farm system more than others(even other ESPN favorites like the Red Sox and Yankees).

Post an OPS at least 100 points higher than Pierre and play better outfield.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Asked and answered.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

and just to Bernstein it up

They. Wouldnt. Trade. Him. For. Adrian. Gonzalez.

Uh, I, I, I, look, *SIGH*, I, I mean, in point of fact, and again, look, uh, eeeee, um, I mean, in my world, and that's just to say that things have changed, *SIGH*, in point of fact, uh, I was in the Beckham camp, and uh, uh, it was me that said I wouldn't uh, eh, uh, wouldn't trade Beckham for Gonzales. Look, my guy has been covering baseball since the Homer in the Gloamin' and he had the same thought I did. Uh, uh, eh, I mean I've been wrong before. Uh, eh, *SIGH*, look I may have been wrong. So what? I'm an idiot. Deal with it. But I, I, in point of fact, uh eee, eh, eh, look this thing isn'yt over yet. That's alls I'm sayin'.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

So now the "AWESOME" cartoon comes back to....Viciedo is better than Pierre? Hmm...not quite what it implies is it? Not quite what we are hearing on the air waves lately is it? Sox fans get upset when Cubs fans call them out on this crap because they [sox fans] are better fans and would never hype a prospect. My Ass! Can't have it both ways.

I get the Viciedo is better than Pierre argument.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.